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'''Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|MBE|JP|DL}} (13 June 1911 – 17 February 1991) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] colonial administrator, farmer and politician.
 
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| name                = Francis Fenwick Pearson
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| caption            = Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Bt in 1969
 
| office              = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)|Clitheroe]]
| predecessor        = [[Richard Fort (Conservative politician)|Richard Fort]]
| successor          = [[David Walder]]
| term_start          = 1959
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| office1            = [[Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]]
| primeminister1      = [[Alec Douglas-Home]]
| term_start1        = 1963
| term_end1          = 1964
| predecessor1        = [[Knox Cunningham]]
| successor1          = [[Ernest Fernyhough]]
 
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| education          = [[Uppingham School]], [[Rutland]]
| alma_mater          = [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]
| party              = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| occupation          = British colonial administrator <br /> Chief Minister of [[Manipur]] State <br /> [[Farmer]]
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'''Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|MBE|JP|DL}} (13 June 1911 – 17 February 1991) was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician.


==Colonial service==
==Colonial service==
Pearson attended [[Uppingham School]] in [[Rutland]], and then [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army from being a Second Lieutenant, T.A.(University Candidate) in September 1932, with seniority from 29 January 1931. After a year attached to a British regiment in India, he was appointed to the Indian Army and posted to the [[1 Gorkha Rifles|1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles]] as of 3 November 1933. He served as [[Aide-de-camp]] to the [[Viceroy of India]] from June 1935 to April 1936.<ref>War services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941</ref>
Pearson attended [[Uppingham School]] in [[Rutland]], and then [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army from being a Second Lieutenant, T.A. (University Candidate) in September 1932, with seniority from 29 January 1931. After a year attached to a British regiment in India, he was appointed to the Indian Army and posted to the [[1 Gorkha Rifles|1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles]] as of 3 November 1933. He served as [[Aide-de-camp]] to the [[Viceroy of India]] from June 1935 to April 1936.<ref>War services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941</ref>


He transferred to the Indian Political Service in October 1935. In June 1945 he was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] as captain, Indian Political Service.<ref>London Gazette 14 June 1945, p2957</ref> He finished as Chief Minister of [[Manipur]] State from 1945 to 1947,<ref>{{cite web |title=Manipur State Constitution Act, 1947 |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/historical_constitutions/manipur_state_constitution_act__1947_1st%20January%201947 |accessdate=2 November 2020}}</ref> and the village of Pearson in the [[Churachandpur]] district was named in his honour.
He transferred to the Indian Political Service in October 1935. In June 1945 he was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] as captain, Indian Political Service.<ref>London Gazette 14 June 1945, p2957</ref> He finished as Chief Minister of [[Manipur]] State from 1945 to 1947,<ref>{{cite web |title=Manipur State Constitution Act, 1947 |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/historical_constitutions/manipur_state_constitution_act__1947_1st%20January%201947 |accessdate=2 November 2022}}</ref> and the village of Pearson in the [[Churachandpur]] district was named in his honour.


With the independence of India imminent, Pearson returned to Britain and settled in Lancashire where he became a farmer, and also involved himself in local government. He was a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire from 1952.
With the independence of India imminent, Pearson returned to Britain and settled in Lancashire where he became a farmer, and also involved himself in local government. He was a [[Justice of the Peace]] for Lancashire from 1952.


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
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==References==
==References==
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*M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" (Harvester Press, 1981)
*M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" (Harvester Press, 1981)


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Revision as of 18:17, 22 June 2022

Not to be confused with Francis Pearson (drag queen).
Sir
Francis Fenwick Pearson
Bt
Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Bt in 1969
Member of Parliament
for Clitheroe
In office
1959–1970
Preceded byRichard Fort
Succeeded byDavid Walder
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1963–1964
Prime MinisterAlec Douglas-Home
Preceded byKnox Cunningham
Succeeded byErnest Fernyhough
Personal details
Born
Francis Fenwick Pearson

(1911-06-13)13 June 1911
Died17 February 1991(1991-02-17) (aged 79)
Political partyConservative
EducationUppingham School, Rutland
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge
OccupationBritish colonial administrator
Chief Minister of Manipur State
Farmer
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Indian Army
Unit1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles

Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet, MBE, JP, DL (13 June 1911 – 17 February 1991) was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician.

Colonial service

Pearson attended Uppingham School in Rutland, and then Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army from being a Second Lieutenant, T.A. (University Candidate) in September 1932, with seniority from 29 January 1931. After a year attached to a British regiment in India, he was appointed to the Indian Army and posted to the 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles as of 3 November 1933. He served as Aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India from June 1935 to April 1936.[1]

He transferred to the Indian Political Service in October 1935. In June 1945 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire as captain, Indian Political Service.[2] He finished as Chief Minister of Manipur State from 1945 to 1947,[3] and the village of Pearson in the Churachandpur district was named in his honour.

With the independence of India imminent, Pearson returned to Britain and settled in Lancashire where he became a farmer, and also involved himself in local government. He was a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire from 1952.

Parliamentary career

At the 1959 general election, Pearson replaced Richard Fort (who had died earlier in the year) as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Clitheroe, a rural constituency in the Lancashire foothills of the Pennines. He was swiftly named as an Assistant Government Whip (1960) and became a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip) in March 1962.

Parliamentary Private Secretary

Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who became Prime Minister in October 1963, choose Pearson to be his Parliamentary Private Secretary, an unpaid but pivotal role where Pearson had to maintain relations between the Prime Minister and his own backbenchers. When Douglas-Home lost the 1964 general election and resigned as Prime Minister, he gave Pearson a Baronetcy in his resignation honours list.

Lancashire contribution

Pearson retired from Parliament at the 1970 general election, but not from politics. He was Chairman of the Central Lancashire New Town Development Corporation from 1971 (the new town covered Preston, Chorley, Leyland and several other areas).

References

  1. ↑ War services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941
  2. ↑ London Gazette 14 June 1945, p2957
  3. ↑ "Manipur State Constitution Act, 1947". Retrieved 2 November 2022.

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1963–1964 		Succeeded by
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1963–1991 		Succeeded by
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